Atrocious Special Teams play.

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Very disappointed in the preparation of the STs & we pay a full time coach for this!
1)Line jumps on Clem's 1st drive when Clem is punting on 4th & 3 giving Tigers new set of downs on way to their 1st pts, a FG.
2)Holder drops ball on Xtra pt. We have to go for 2 when down by 5 late instead of kicking to be down by 3. Then all we need is FG to send game into OT. Interception may not happen then as we may be playing for middle of field to set up FG for OT.
3)Poree doesn't down ball inside the 5, but backs up to let ball roll into EZ.
4)79 yd punt return with under a minute in 1st half. Bad tackling & bad coverage on play.
5)Horrible blocking on all kick returns.
6)Called for personal foul on punt when Clem had another very good return, but was called for a block in the back. We gave em back 15 yds to midfield.
There may be more as I'm just working a hugely disappointing vent here on an awful display of STs. Raye needs to get his rear in gear & get something good happening on STs or we will be giving up easy points all year long.
 
Let's add on 7)Running into fair-catcher, giving them another 15 yds.
Perhaps we should find out more about this Special Teams stuff as this lackadasical display of effort, which on average is a little less than every 5th play, needs to be held accoutable. Does a listing of our STs exist anywhere? O & D, but where is STs? Does Coach Raye have his choice of players? Is it just the ones who WANT to play STs to get on the field? Does Gailey or O'Brien or Tenuta say what pool of players can & cannot be on STs? Does Raye, only, decide who the starters are? Does Gailey have any imput into who is on STs? How much time is really devoted to the kicking game each day?
 
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